Running as user I compiled the cgminer 3.4.3 from source. Libusb-1.0.16-rc10.tar.bz2 was a dependency.
In order to do the make install, I had to do sudo make install. After the install was finished, I tried to run cgminer:
cgminer -o http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 -u xxx_xxx -p xxx --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100
The program started and waited for me to connect a device. After I plugged in the device, I got a message:
"...You don't have privilege to access this device."
Then I tried again with:
sudo cgminer -o http://mint.bitminter.com:8332 -u xxx_xxx -p xxx --icarus-options 115200:1:1 --icarus-timing 3.0=100
No problem.
I'm assuming the device it was referring to is the USB port.
What group is root a member of that has this privilege?
[bitcoin@alarm-01]$ groups root
root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel log
Should it be necessary to run cgminer with elevated privileges?
Thanks